Leg for tables.



PATBNTED JUNE 5, 1906 G. KLANKE.

I LEG FOR TABLES.

INVENTOR Amy UNITED STATES GEORGE KLANKE, OF NEW BREMEN, OHIO.

LEG FOR TABLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

Application filed January 11, 1906- Serial No. 295,566.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE KLANKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Bremen, in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Legs for Tables, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tables, and especially totable-legs of that kind used in knockdown tables wherein the legs aremade detachable as desired; and the object is to provide a detachableleg for a table which may be firmly held to the tableframe, as will befully specified and delineated in the drawings.

The invention is fully and clearly illustrated in the annexed drawings,to be taken as a part of this specification.

Reference being had to the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view, inelevation, of a table, showing the improvements attached thereto. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view of the leg, showing in detail the means forattaching the same to the table.

In the drawings, A designates the top of a table, and B the dependingside boards or flanges thereof. These may be of the usual construction.

O designates the leg, which is made up of two outer strips 1 2 and acentral strip 3, held in place by cementation to the other strips. Thecentral strip 3 before being secured in place between the outside stripsis provided with a transversely-arranged mortise 4, made to receive andhold a metal threaded nut 5 and has a vertical socket 6, leading fromthe top of the leg and opening into the mortise. In the passage of thesocket 6 is arranged a bolt 7, the lower end portion of which isprovided with left-hand screwthreads and screws into the nut 5, and atits upper end portion is provided with righthand screw-threads toreceive a clamping or fastening nut 8, substantially as shown.

D designates a cross plate or piece which is laid on the tops ofopposite legs, with its ends lodged snugly against the inner faces ofthe depending side plates of the table. The fastening-bolts areprojected through the ends of the cross-pieces, as indicated, andtightened up, and when the legs are in the desired position in the tablefastening-screws 9 are projected through the sides of the table into theends of the cross-pieces or into the upper portion of the legs and thelegs are held firmly in true position, but are readily detachable bysimply removing the fasteningscrews 9.

It may be stated that after the central strip has been provided with thenut-seat and the socket leading thereto and the nut positioned thereinthe other strips may be glued thereto, and then the leg may be turned tothe shape desired.

It will be observed that the cross-pieces between the legs do not reachto the under face of the table-top, so that a space is left affordingroom for unscrewing the clampingnuts.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. A table-legfastener for knockdown tables, comprising a leg made of three or morevertical strips, the central one of which is provided with atransversely-arranged mortise anda vertical bolt-passage leadingthereto, a threaded nut disposed in the mortise, a fastening-boltprojected into the bolt-passage and engaging the nut in the mortise inthe leg, and a clamping-nut on the bolt.

2. The combination with a table, of detachable legs, each comprisingthree or more vertical strips, the central strip of each leg beingprovided with a transversely-arranged mortise and a verticalbolt-passage leading thereto, a threaded bolt in the passage andengaging the nut in the mortise, cross-pieces laid on the upper ends ofthe legs and having the fastening-bolts projected through their ends,and clamping-nuts on the bolts to clamp the cross-pieces to the legs.

In testimony whereof I afIiX my signature in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

GEORGE KLANKE.

